Apple device users can expect to experience issues downloading apps and books for the time being, as some of Apple’s major platforms are currently out of commission.

Apple device users can expect to experience issues downloading apps and books for the time being, as some of Apple’s major platforms are currently out of commission.

As of 1:30 p.m. ET, the App Store, iTunes Store, iBooks Store and Mac App Store are offline for all users. The outages began just before 5 a.m. ET, and previously impacted iCloud Mail and iCloud account and sign in capabilities as well. The latter two services were restored before 9AM Eastern.

We apologize to our customers experiencing problems with iTunes and other services this morning. The cause was an internal DNS error at Apple. We’re working to make all of the services available to customers as soon as possible, and we thank everyone for their patience.